A086777 Decimal expansion of sqrt(10) - Pi.

0, 2, 0, 6, 8, 5, 0, 0, 6, 5, 7, 8, 5, 8, 6, 0, 9, 3, 5, 3, 6, 2, 5, 0, 1, 6, 1, 1, 5, 3, 2, 1, 5, 6, 4, 9, 5, 2, 2, 3, 8, 5, 7, 3, 9, 9, 5, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 5, 8, 8, 2, 5, 6, 0, 2, 6, 0, 4, 8, 4, 7, 7, 8, 0, 3, 2, 3, 5, 3, 0, 2, 9, 2, 2, 2, 7, 1, 6, 2, 1, 3, 2, 8, 3, 0, 3, 7, 1, 8, 3, 2, 2, 7, 2, 0, 5, 1, 9, 9

Offset

0,2

Comments

In India around 600 C.E. sqrt(10) was used as an approximation for Pi.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=0..104.

Xavier Gourdon, Collection of approximations for pi

Index entries for transcendental numbers

Formula

sqrt(10) - Pi= 0.02068500657858609353625...

Mathematica

Join[{0}, RealDigits[Sqrt[10]-Pi, 10, 120][[1]]] (* Harvey P. Dale, May 22 2014 *)

Prog

(PARI) ?\p 2000 ?sqrt(10) - Pi

Crossrefs

Cf. A000796, A010467.

Sequence in context: A057720 A248507 A087996 * A355978 A334349 A058498

Adjacent sequences: A086774 A086775 A086776 * A086778 A086779 A086780

Keyword

easy,nonn,cons

Author

Cino Hilliard, Aug 03 2003

Status

approved